Addressing machine



Jan 15, 1924.

F. DE MINICO ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed July 7 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 53 wisAwm-n Jan. 15, 1924.

F. DE MINICO ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed July 7, 1920 2 Sheets-Shet 2 Jiventor; Frankfleffinico;

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Patented Jan. 15, 1924.

STATES QFFIGEQ HA-.11 m MINICO, or, osK ioR. o r omea eml a Mew-me.-

TUBING GOMBANY, or NEW Y K A con tation 01? NEW 1K.

ennsassm Application filed- July 7, 1920. Serial No. 334,511.

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B it known that I, FRANK-313E Mrmoo, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Bronm'in the county of Bronx; and State of- New- York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Addressing.- Machines, oi

which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to addressing machinesand has for its object to provide means in a machine of the class specifiedfor printing on certain of the articles addresseda character to indicate certainclassifications of said articles, such as town 1 classification,

To these ends my improvements comprise featureswhich are illustrated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, and which are fully set forth in 2 this specification, wherein :7

Figure l is a side elevation of so much-of; an addressing machine as will suvflice to illustrate my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of what is shown in Fig. 1. Figs.

3 and i are side. elevations similar to that of- Fig. land show steps in the operation of the machine. Fig. 5 isaperspective view of some of the details of the mechanism. All of the figures of the drawings except, Fig. 5are to one'scaile and the scale of Fig. 5' is much enlarged over thateof the other figures. The machine to which I have chosen to illus rate the application of my improve ments is particularly adapted for printing on the marginof a newspaper or other pub lication the address of the person for whom the paper is intended, from one of a series of plates having that address embossed thereon, and which series of plates are hinged together into a chain of'plates, and which chain and papers are fed through the machine and brought into coacting relation. Such a machine is set forth in my United States Patent N10. 1,232,662-of July 10, 1917,

to which reference. may be had.

Referring now particularly 7 to Figs. 1; and 2 of thedrawings herewith. a chain of address plates 2, comprising a plurality of individual, articulated plates, as 3, 4, 5, each bearing on its outer face a-suitable embossed address, not-shown, but of a character well known in the art, is advanced so as to present each successive plate to printing pos-i-tion by means of d rum'ti fixed to shaft '7'. This drum is rotated continuously through reduction gearing from-shaft 8 and-which shaft makes" one complete rotation for each incrementaladvance of drum 6. Below'said drum, for supportingthe articles tobe printed s table 9, and ;adjacent either. lengthwise edge of and just below-which,

are'feedchain's as-lO. Said chains are provided with dogs 11, suitably spaced apart, 1 lengthwise. said chainsand'reaching" up w-ardly to above the upper face of said 'table I for engaging and advancing-said articles; from right to; left, Fig. Said'chains are advanced, by means not shown, adistance equal to the distance between two successive dogs 11, for each incremental advance of drum 6, and said chains are. brought to rest or nearly to rest when they have-delivered an article to printing position. Fla-ten 12-- rlses for presenting each successive article against its printing plate at suitable inter-f v als of time, by means not shown herein, but fully shown in my above mentioned patent. Opening in table 9 permits the passage offpl'ate'n12 to deliver the article against the printing 'plate at printing position.

Directing'attention now more particularly to the classification printingdev'i'ce, supplemental frames l5'and l6 are supported from main frame 14. by studs 17, 18 and pivoted for oscillation in saidsupplemental "frames is shaft 19. Fixed to shaft 19 is arm20 connected by link 45 with the strap of ec-- centric 21- fixed to shaft'8. ,B'y thismeans, at each rotation of shaft 8 and at each'in cremental movement of plate chain 2, and at each; incremental advance of articles, as 22, 23, shaft 19 is caused to oscillate back and forth. Hung by links 24:, '25. to frame 16 is oscillating bar :26, and hung by link 27 to stud 17 is oscillating feeler 28-, Said link 27 is connected; to the adjacentend ofoscillating bar 26 by link 29-. Feeler 281" terminates in feeler blade 30 and the point of said blade is normally held'up, against the chain of plates by spring 33. For throwing said point of feeler blade 30 down.- wardly, out of contact with said chain of; plates atv predetermined times, roll 3 L pivoted at 3-1 'on -f eeler QS'e'ngages cam 32- fixed on stud 1;7 Oscillating bar 26 is normally urged toward the right 'against pin 36 in frame 16 .by spring 3 5. Carried by osci-l lating bar 26 is, classification printing head 37. Said head is vertically slidabl-y mount upwardly to engaging position by spring 43.

or givingan initial movement to oscillating bar 26 to'move that bar into position to be further moved by power, certain predetermined chain plates'are provided with tongues 44, respectively, as shown on plates 3 and 4, and particularly in Fig. 5. Said tongue is in line, lengthwise the machine, withsharp lip 30 at that end of feeler blade 30 which is normally held up by spring 33 againstthe'chain of plates, Fig. 3. At either side of said lip 30, the nose of feeler blade 30 is rounded off. see Fig. 5, so. that the joints ofthe plates in the chain will pass that nose without catching thereon.

It will be observed that the printing station for the classification printer 37 is some distance to the left of the address printing station, and this distance' is for convenience equal to one increment of spacing of dogs 11, so that the two printings will be simultaneous Bythis arrangement, plate 4, from which the address has been printed on article 23 also bears tongue 44, which. through feeler blade 30, gives the indication for the operation of the classification printer. Address printer as 4 and classification printer 37 may be inked by some convenient means not shown.

The operation of my improved machine is as follows: The several parts of the machine being in the positions respectively shown in Fig. 3 and shaft 8 being in rotation in anti clockwise direction, it will be observed that projection 44 of plate 4, from which. plate the leading end of article 23 has just pre- 4 viously been printed, encounters lip 30 of feeler blade 30. Said projection pushes that f'eeler blade, feeler 28 and oscillating bar 26 to the left to the positions, respectively, of Fig. 4. This brings latch 42 into the path of trigger '41 as that trigger is swung to the left by the oscillation of shaft 19, actuated by eccentric 21. on shaft 8. Said trigger thereupon takes up the work of moving bar 26 to the left by power and carries it to the position of Figs. 1 and 2,.thereby bringing classification printer 37 into the path of the downward movement of hammer 39. Said hammer thereupon engages said printer 37 and presses it downwardlyagainst the lead ingend of article 23 therebelow and. im-

prints its character thereon,coincident with the printing of the address upon the leading end. of the next succeeding article 22, see Fig. 1. Also, during the movement of the mech anism from the position of Fig. 4 to that of Fig. 1, roll 34 engages cam 32 and feeler blade 30 is thrown downwardly out of engagement with tongue 44 so that the chain of plates may proceed onwardly around drum 6.

If no tongue 44 is encountered by feeler blade 30, oscillating bar 26 remains at rest and trigger 41 swings to the right without engaging latch 42 and hammer 39 descends without engaging printer 37. In case bar 26 should be moved to the leftna trifie late to get ahead of trigger 41, said trigger will descend onto said latch and. temporarily de press it,until said latch advances suiliciently to catch up with and get ahead of said trigger. Upon the reverse oscillation of shaft 19, trigger 41 swings to the right, thus liberating bar 26 and feeler 29 and teeler blade 30, which are returned to the positions, respectively, of Fig. 3 by spring 35.

I claim:

1. In a machine of the class described the, combination of a series of printing plates, means for advancing said plates seriallyto and away from printing position, a classificationprinter carrying a latch, a hammer for impressing said classification printer upon an article, a trigger carried by said hammer, and means carried by one of said printing plates for bringing said latch into the path of said trigger whereby said hammer is brought into operative relation with the classification printer.

2. In a machine of the class described the.

combination of a series of printing plates, means for advancingsaid plates serially to and away from printing position, a classification printer carrying a feeler and a. latch, a hammer for in'ipressing said classification printer upon an article, a trigger carried by said hammer, and means carried by one of said printing plates for engaging said feeler for bringing said latch into the path of said trigger whereby said hammer is brought into operative relation with the classification printer.

3. In a machine of the class described the combination of a series of printing plates, means for advancing said plates serially to and away from printing position, means for advancing articles to be printed to and away from said printing position, means for bringing an article and a plate into printing enagagement, a classification printer carrying a latch, a movable hammer for impressing said classification printer upon an article, a trigger carried by said hammer, and

means carried by one of said printing plates 1 for bringing said latch into the path of said trigger whereby said hammer is brought into coacting relation with the classification printer.

4. In a machine of the class described the combination of a series of printing plates, means for advancing said plates serially to and away. from printing position, means for advancing articles to be printed to and away from said printing position, means for bringing an article and a plate into printing engagement, a classification printer, a movable member carrying a latch and the classification printer and a feeler, a movable hammer for engaging said classification printer, a trigger carried by said hammer for engaging said latch,means for moving said hammer, a tongue carried by one of said printing plates for engagement with said'feeler whereby when said tongue engages said feelerthe movable member is shifted to bring said latch into the path of the trigger whereby said trigger shift-s said movable member to bring the classification printer into coacting relation with said hammer, and means for synchronizing the operations of the printing plate andthe classification printer.;

5. In a machine of the class described the combination of a series of printing-plates, means for advancing said plates serially to and away from printing position, means for advancing articles to be printed to and away from said printing position, means for bringing an article and a plate into printing engagement, a classification printer, an

oscillating bar carrying a latch and the having fixed thereon a hammer and a' trig ger, a feeler operatively connected to said oscillating bar, a tongue carried by one of said printing plates for engagement with said feeler whereby when said tongue engages said feeler the oscillating bar is shifted to bring said latch into the path of the trigger whereby said trigger shifts said bar to bring the classification printer into coacting relation with said hammer, and means for synchronizing the operations of the printing plate and the classification printer.

6. In a machine of the class described the combination of a series of printing plates, means for advancing said plates serially to and away from printing position, means for advancing articles to be printed to and away from said printing position, means for bringing an article and a plate into printing engagement, a classification printer, a

the trigger whereby said trigger shifts said movable member to bring the classification printer into coacting relation with said hammer, means for synchronizing theoperations of the printing plate and the classification printer, a fixed cam, and means carried by ment with the tongue after said tongue has shifted the latch into the path of said trigger.

" said feeler for engagement with said fixed cam for throwing saidfeeler out'of engage- 7 In amachine of the class described the combination of a series of printing plates,-

means for advancing said plates serially to and away from printing pos1t1on, a classlfication printer carrying a feeler and a latch, a hammer for impressingsaid classi- 1 fication printer upon an article, a trigger carried by said hammer, a tongue carried by one of said printing plates for engaging said feeler for bringing said latch into the path of said trigger whereby said hammer is brought into operative relation with the classification printer, a fixed cam, and means carried by said feeler for engagement with said fixed cam for throwing said feeler out of engagement with said tongue.

8. In a machine of the class described the means, a fixed cam, and means carried by said feeler for engagement with said fixed cam for thereafter throwing said feeler out of engagement with said tongue.

In witness whereof, I hereby aflix my signature this 2d day of July, 1920.

, v FRANK DE MINICO. 

